BACKGROUND Prostheses are used to varying degrees; however, little is known about how environmental aspects influence this use. OBJECTIVES To describe users' experiences of how environmental factors influence their use of a myoelectric arm prosthesis. STUDY DESIGN Qualitative and descriptive. METHODS A total of 13 patients previously provided with a myoelectric prosthetic hand participate...

OBJECTIVES The study examines how environmental factors contribute to the onset of restricted mobility outside the home among older adults with osteoarthritis. METHODS This is a prospective cohort study of adults aged 50 years and older with osteoarthritis (n=1802). Logistic regression tested the association between the onset of restricted mobility outside the home and health, sociodemographi...

the purpose of this study is pathology of talent management in the automotive industry, so we identify challenges and barriers, as well as success factors in this filed. this research is a kind of qualitative study that has been done by coding methodology of qualitative data. we used semi-structured interview to collect data. after collecting data and coding, data are divided into two groups of...

BACKGROUND We examined the association between perceived environmental barriers to outdoor mobility and loneliness among community-dwelling older people. In addition, we studied whether walking difficulties and autonomy in participation outdoors affected this association. METHODS Cross-sectional analyses of face-to-face home interview data with 848 people aged 75-90 years (mean age: 80.1 year...

today, survival and value creation in organizations depend on creative and innovative thinking as well as understanding and utilization of environmental opportunities. this research attempts to introduce the organization behavioral barriers which affect the development of corporate entrepreneurship. first, with the views of different experts, various behavioral barriers of corporate entrepreneu...

Green noise barriers have become an alternative means of reducing urban traffic noise. In this paper, the acoustic performance of a modular greenery noise barrier is evaluated. In situ measurements of noise reflection were performed using an experimental prototype to estimate the sound absorption coefficients. These coefficients were found to have values of approximately 0.7, higher than those ...

the purpose of this study was to analyze the barriers to right environmental behaviors by the citizens of zanjan. the experts working in the departments of environment and natural resources in zanjan formed the population of this descriptive – correlation study. the sample size was estimated using cochran's formula (n=60). samples were selected using stratified random sampling method. the ...

the aim of this study was to assess the barriers to participation of iranian people with sci in recreational physical activity (rpa). methodology of this survey was applied in terms of goal and descriptive-analytical with regard to data collection. the statistical population consisted of people with sci under the supervision of the state welfare organization of iran (n=12851), and 443 subjects ...

conclusions: the environmental factors were barriers for doing healthy behaviors. these factors need to be considered to design health promotion interventions. policymakers should not only focus on patients’ education but also should provide specific facilities to enhance economic, social and cultural status. results: lack of behaviors like stress control, healthy eating and physical activity w...